Could mining vanity npubs turn into intricate impersonation attempts? like my npub is npub1hte85nxymfyez0nlmmxf287nh9cujfuetxhk9vptwcdqg0pn8pxqxasw3d but it abbreviates to npub1hte85nxymfy:dqg0pn8pxqx...
This is true. NIP05 is a step in the right direction but I think DIDs would be better for adoption. Tbh unless you have some form of verification badge for everyone even things like hashing profile images and text analysis of names and bios etc would do more to stop impersonation. Look at how rampant this is on Twitter and how the scammers use it